games

Are you asking for help thwarting the software manufcatures copyright protection system?

There are protection methods that manufactures can use to prevent CD copiers from making copies of the software disks.

Further, if the game was distibutedon 3 CDs, rest assured that you cannot compress the files to a point where they will fit on 1 CD.
It costs money to add that 2nd and 3rd disk. The mfg would not include them if it was not necessary.

Many times, the extra disks contain video files for the game.

From time to time, sites will publish software and cheat codes to bypass the copy protection.
They are normally shut down within a few weeks.

My best advice, buy another copy.
If the game is out of print, check on ebay for it.

Chas

Okay, I guess I am a bit confused.
What exactly do you want to do?

If I am guessing correctly, you want to install the game so that you can run it from a CD-R disk.

If your goal is to save hard drive space, I would install the game onto a CD-RW disk.
Then, copy the CD-RW onto a CD-R.

If your goal is to make the game "portable" between different computers, then you have a number of problems.

First, there are the registry settings.
These would need to be identified, and individually exported so that you could import them to the registry on another PC.

Next, nearly all software installs, or updates files in the C:\Windows folders.
You would need to identify EVERY file required to support the game, and make sure that the correct version is on each PC, and registered with Windows.

If you are trying to reduce disk swapping when running the game, your best option would be a second CD drive, or a CD changer.
Next, would be to copy the files onto a DVD-R.

Chas